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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






2. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






3. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






4. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






5. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






6. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






7. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






8. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity






9. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






10. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






11. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






12. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






13. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






14. Provider of products - services or results






15. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






16. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






17. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






18. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






19. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






20. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






21. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






22. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






23. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






24. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






25. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






26. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






27. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted






28. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






29. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






30. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process






31. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






32. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






33. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.






34. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






35. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






36. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






37. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






38. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






39. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully






40. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






41. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






42. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






43. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic






44. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






45. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule






46. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






47. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






48. The process of completing each project procurement






49. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






50. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements